The Young Professionals Debate is one of my many highlights from the recently concluded World Water Week 2024, held from August 25–29, online and on-site at Waterfront Congress Centre in Stockholm. This year’s debate focused on “building bridges to a water-secure future.” It raised the question: is conflict a necessity for water security and resilience? “Let … Read more
Some things are unimaginable if you haven’t lived in certain parts of the world. For example, this is Lagos, Nigeria’s economic power house, it is looking beautiful until you look beyond the yellow buses, blue pedestrian bridge and lush green. Zooming in on those brown spots in the median, you’ll realize that they are not … Read more
Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters. — Margaret Wheatley I have seen how impactful conversations can be. If you reflect on your journey deeply you might be able to remember that one conversation that opened you up to a new world of possibilities. For me, many of my milestones started from just … Read more
The days are counting and I am truly looking forward to the evening of Monday, November 13, 2023. It is World Kindness Day and in the company of a few friends and strangers, I will publicly share with the world this new book titled Random Acts of Kindness. Inspired by one little, very random act … Read more
8 billion people: the problem is not the population, the problem is the inequality. In November 2022, the world’s population crossed 8 billion people, according to UNFPA’s 2023 state of the earth report (keep that in mind when next you hear someone say there are 7 billion people on Earth). I know that a popular … Read more